Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Lydia Spear
1752 - 1824 (72 years)-
Name Lydia Spear Birth 29 Jan 1751/1752 prob, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Gender Female Death 10 Dec 1824 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I19007 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father Elkanah Spear Mother Elizabeth Capron Family ID F10110 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 David Wilkinson, b. 30 Oct 1748, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. Between 5 Apr and 29 May 1780, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F10109 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 James Smith, b. 23 Oct 1752, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island d. Aft 22 Aug 1835 (Age > 83 years) Marriage 2 Jun 1791 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Children 1. Lydia Smith, b. 7 Jul 1792 Family ID F10076 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Birth - 29 Jan 1751/1752 - prob, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 2 Jun 1791 - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Death - 10 Dec 1824 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in _Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:92.
!DEATH: At 63. --C.W. Farnham
!IDENTITY: "Possibly she is the Lydia, Daughter of Elkanah and Elizabeth Spear, who married David Wilkinson, [son] of Israel, in Smithfield 25 April 1773." --C.W. Farnham
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Jan 2007. Confirms C.W. Farnham's suggestion that Lydia is the daughter of Elkanah and Elizabeth Spear (see above). Cites the following:- The marriage record: Smith, James {18951}, of Glocester, son of Rufus and Mercy, and Lydia Wilkinson, widow of David, of Smithfield. (src: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, 7:174, Smithfield Friends Record).
- Lydia Spear {19007}, b. January 29, 1751/52, prob. Smithfield, Providence, RI is the daughter of Elkanah Spear {79607} and his wife Elizabeth {79608}. (src: James Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, 7:200, Smithfield Friends Record).
- !SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in _Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:92.